January is School Board Appreciation month and Holdenville Public schools would like to recognize and say thank you for the service and support of our local school board. The following members of the board serve a 5 year term and throughout their term, spend countless hours supporting our school system.

RAY CARTER, Director, Center for Independent Journalism Oklahoma lawmakers will have nearly $457.9 million more to spend in the 2024 legislative session than in the 2023 session, providing around $11 billion in recurring revenue to appropriate, according to figures certified this week by the State Board of Equalization. At the same time, the Oklahoma state government maintains historic levels of savings for any potential future downturn.

Students named to the President’s Honor Roll include (listed by hometown): Holdenville: Jordan Long, Brooklynn Obryant, Kirby Van Haren, Zaida Wood Wetumka: Mazie Wagner Wewoka: Nicole Barnhart, Zechariah Stone Moore Students named to the Vice-President’s Honor Roll include (listed by hometown):

LOOKING BACK— THE YEAR WAS 1964 HOLIDAY IN REVIEW BY Fran Little Now that the holiday vacation is about over college students are beginning to go back to school; housewives beginning to clear away Christmas decorations; and nearly everyone is beginning to settle down in the familiar rut. No matter when the actual date is set for school to let out the holiday season seems to start when the college crowd starts coming home.

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The Holdenville Lions Club fall season ended very well. Our average attendance was 10 members per meeting. In October we had programs from our Holdenville Fire Chief, Brian Jay and Larry Bailey. Both programs encouraged us to expand some of our service projects in the future.